(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmosks
abelmosks
noun
plural of abelmosk
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
adamok
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
afrikanderdom
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
akemboll
akerboom
akhmatova
akimbo
akimbo
adj
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
adv
Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
akimovsky
akmolinsk
akoasm
akoasm
noun
An auditory hallucination
akoasma
alarmclock
alarmclock
noun
Misspelling of alarm clock.
aleikoum
alkalometry
alkhimovo
alkylamino
alkylamino
noun
(chemistry) A group or radical containing both an alkyl and an amino group
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
almsfolk
almsfolk
noun
(archaic) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
amakosa
amidoketone
aminoketone
aminoketone
noun
Any chemical compound containing both a ketone group and an amine.
amoakuh
amoebalike
amoebalike
adj
Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
amok
amok
adv
In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
noun
One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
The act of running amok.
verb
Synonym of run amok
amoke
amoks
amoks
noun
plural of amok
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amok
amoskeag
ampherotokous
ampherotoky
amphikaryon
amphikaryotic
amphitokal
amphitokous
amphitoky
amphoriskoi
amphoriskos
amvrakikos
anagignoskomena
anakinetomer
anakinetomeric
analomink
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
ankylomele
ankylomerism
ankylostoma
ankylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
noun
Alternative form of ancylostomiasis
ankylotome
ankylotomy
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
apikorsim
apikorsim
noun
plural of apikoros
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archmock
archmocker
archmockery
archworkmaster
arkoma
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
armlocks
armlocks
noun
plural of armlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armlock
armonk
artemovsk
asmoke
asmoke
adj
Smoking; giving off steam or fog.
automaker
automaker
noun
One who manufactures automobiles; typically used to refer to a large corporation such as General Motors.
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
avikom
backcomb
backcomb
noun
(dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.
The hairstyle produced by backcombing.
verb
To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bamako
bamako
Proper noun
The capital city of Mali
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
bazookaman
bazookamen
beamwork
beekmantown
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
bemock
bemock
verb
(archaic) To ridicule or mock.
(transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
(transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout.
(transitive, archaic) To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance
bemocked
bemocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemock
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
besmoke
besmoke
verb
(transitive) To befoul with smoke.
(transitive) To fill with smoke; act on with smoke; fumigate.
(transitive) To harden or dry in smoke.
besmoked
besmoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmoke
besmokes
besmokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmoke
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
betokenment
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bickmore
biometrika
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackmore
blakemore
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
blockman
blomkest
bloomkin
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bodicemaker
bodicemaking
bodymaker
bodymaker
noun
a craftsman
bodymaking
boilermaker
boilermaker
noun
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
boilermakers
boilermakers
noun
plural of boilermaker
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
bokadam
bokadam
noun
Alternative form of bockadam
bokmakierie
bokmakierie
noun
A shrike endemic to Southern Africa, with olive upper parts, a yellow underside, and a deep black gorget.
bokom
bolshevikism
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombernickel
bomke
bookdom
bookdom
noun
The condition of being a book.
The realm or sphere of books.
bookism
bookmaker
bookmaker
noun
(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
A person who prints or binds books.
bookmakers
bookmakers
noun
plural of bookmaker
bookmaking
bookmaking
noun
The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
bookmakings
bookmakings
noun
plural of bookmaking
bookman
bookman
noun
(historical, Old English law) One who held bookland.
A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.
bookmark
bookmark
noun
(computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
(databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
verb
(computing, transitive) To create a bookmark.
bookmarker
bookmarker
noun
A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
bookmarkers
bookmarkers
noun
plural of bookmarker
bookmarking
bookmarking
verb
present participle of bookmark
bookmarks
bookmarks
noun
plural of bookmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookmark
bookmate
bookmate
noun
A schoolfellow; an associate in studying.
bookmen
bookmen
noun
plural of bookman
bookmobile
bookmobile
noun
A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.